Auxiliary pressing attachment for ironing boards



June 23, 1959 F. M. PACKARD 2,391,756

AUXILIARY PRESSING ATTACHMENT FOR mourns BOARDS Filed May 1, 195 s IN V EN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

United States Patent 2,891,756 Patented June 23, 1959 ice AUXILIARY PRESSING A'ITACHlVIENT FOR IRONING BOARDS Florence M. Packard, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

Application May 1, 1956, Serial No. 581,864

2 Claims. (Cl. 248-222) This invention relates to an auxiliary pressing attachment for ironing boards, and has for its principal object to provide an auxiliary pressing attachment with a base for quickly and stably mounting thereof on a corner of an ironing board.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an attachment with a relatively small light-weight base, to provide for securely clamping the base to the ironing board, and to provide the base with a standard which does not interfere with positioning of the garments on the pressing head that is carried thereby.

It is also an object of the invention to provide for attachment of any one of a plurality of different shaped pressing heads.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided improved structure, the preferred form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an auxiliary pressing attachment and showing mounting thereof on a corner of an ironing board.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the auxiliary pressing attachment showing the pressing head in spaced relation with the standard.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of different forms of pressing heads.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

1 designates an auxiliary pressing attachment constructed in accordance with the present invention and which includes a base member 2, a standard 3 and a pressing head 4.

The base member 2 is particularly adapted for attachment to the corner 5 of an ironing board top 6. The base member 2 includes a bearing portion 7 adapted for support directly upon the ironing surface 8 of the top 6. The bearing portion 7 preferably includes diverging foot portions 9 and 10 that extend at substantially right angles with respect to each other. The foot portions 9 and 10 are of a length to locate the pressing head in a desired position on the corner of the ironing board, and the ends thereof have depending portions 11 and 12 that connect with an underneath plate portion 13 which is adapted to extend transversely below the under face 14 of the ironing board top 6. The plate portion 13 has side edges 15 and 16 extending at substantially right angles to register with side and end edges 17 and 18 of the ironing board top and which connect with the depending portions 11 and 12. The opposite side edges 19 and 20 may extend under the ironing board in the same general direction as the foot portions 9 and 10, so that the plate portion is of a size to locate a clamp screw 19 under the point of divergence of the foot portions 9 and 10. The clamp screw 20 includes a threaded shank 21 having a head 23 provided with wings 24 to facilitate turning of the shank within a threaded opening 25 that extends through the plate portion and a depending boss 26 on the other side of the plate portion, as best shown in Fig. 2, so as to give suflicientthreads and bearing for the shank 21. The upper end of the shank 21 carries a clamping disk 27 that is svvivelly mounted on the shank 27 of the screw to permit rotation of the screw 20 when the clamping disk 27 engages the under face 14 of the ironing board top 6 while the clamping disk 27 remains stationary so as to avoid marring of the under face of the ironing board top. Extending upwardly. from the bearing portion 7 at the juncture of the foot portions 9 and 10 thereof is a boss 28 having an internally threaded socket 29 for mounting the standard 3. The standard 3 includes a stem 30 preferably having a polygonally shaped cross section, for example, the shank illustrated is of square cross section and the side faces 31 thereof terminate at the upper end in a taper 32 formounting a pressing head 4. The lower end of the standard has a seating flange 33 and extending coaxially therefrom is a threaded terminal 34 that is adapted to be turned into the threaded socket 29 until the seating flange 33 firmly engages the upper end face 35 of the boss 28. The pressing heads may be of various shapes, as shown at 4, 4', and 4" in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, respectively, but each includes a base plate 36 preferably of wood or similar material which permits tacking thereto of a covering 37 by means of tacks or the like 38. The covering 37 is adapted to contain padding (not shown) and provide an auxiliary pressing surface on which various irregularly shaped portions of a garment may be pressed.

While I have illustrated the standard 3 as being removably mounted on the-base member to facilitate packaging and shipping of the pressing attachment, it is obvious that it may be welded or otherwise permanently attached to the base member.

The pressing heads may be removably secured to the standard 3 by means of a socket member 39 which includes a plate 40 that is adapted to be secured to the under face of the disk 36 by fastening devices such as screws 41. The socket member also includes a depending boss 42 having an inwardly tapering socket 43 conforming to the tapered end 32 of the standard 3, as shown in Fig. 2.

In mounting an auxiliary pressing board attachment 1 on an ironing board top 6, the base member 2 is applied so that the foot portions 9 and 10 of the bearing portion 7 move over the top surface 8 of the ironing board top 6 and the plate portion 13 moves under the under face 14 of the board with ample space 44 being provided to accommodate the swivel disk 27. When the base member 2 is in proper position, the connecting portions 11 and 12 engage the side and end edges 17 and 18 of the ironing board top 6, so as to locate the standard 3 and cooperate with the clamping screw 20 in rigidly securing the attachment to the ironing board in all directions when the clamping screw 20 is turned to tighten the swivel disk 27 against the bottom face 14 of the-ironing board 6. Any one of the pressing heads 4, 4 or 4", or a pressing head of other shape, is easily applied to the standard by sliding the socket member 39 thereof over the tapered end 32 of the standard, so that the pressing head becomes firmly wedged on the standard 3 to prevent turning thereof under pressing operations. The taper also permits easy removal of the pressing head when desired.

It is obvious that when the attachment is thus mounted on the corner 5 of an ironing board top 6, it is in an out of the way position, yet is readily available for use when an auxiliary pressing head is needed in completing the finish of a garment. It is also obvious that the relatively small standard 3 does not interfere with locating any portion of a garment over the pressing head, as for example when pressing relatively small puffed sleeves of a childs garment. When pressing the yoke or shoulders of a garment, the pressing head 4 illustrated in Fig, 1 may be removed and the pressing head 4' illustrated in Fig. 4 applied, or when pressing the sleeves, the pressing head 4 shown in Fig. 5 may be used. While only three shapes of pressing heads are shown, it is obvious that other shapes may be provided and readily substituted for the pressing heads illustrated.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A clamping bracket for attachment of an auxiliary pressing board to a top of an ironing board having a resilient top covering, said bracket including a base member having a rectangular plate portion adapted to extend under the top of the ironing board with a corner thereof in registry with a corner of the ironing board and the side edges of the plate portion which include said corner extending also corresponding edges of the top of the ironing board, said base also including con necting portions extending upwardly from said edges of the plate near the ends of said edges remote from the said corner of the plate to engage the said edges of the ironing board, said base also having foot portions respectively in connection with upper ends of the connecting portions to overlie the resilient top covering and converging toward the corner of the plate portion that is diagonally opposite the first named corner and interconnected above said plate portion, said base being open between the connecting and foot portions, a standard for carrying the auxiliary pressing board, means for mount ing the standard on the interconnection of the foot pertions, and a clamping screw engaging threads in said last mentioned corner of the plate portion and adapted to engage the under side of the ironing board in substantially vertical alignment with the standard to draw the foot portions into the resilient covering for securing the base.

2. A clamping bracxet for attachment of an auxiliary pressing board to the top of an ironing board having a resilient top covering, said bracket including a base member having a rectangular plate portion adapted to extend under the top of the ironing board with a corner thereof in registry with a corner of the ironing board and the side edges of the plate portion which include said corner extending along corresponding edges of the top of the ironing board, said base also including connecting portions extending upwardly from said edges of the plate near the ends of said edges remote from the said corner of the plate to engage the side edges of the ironing board, said base also having foot portions respectively in connection with upper ends of the connecting portions to overlie the resilient top covering and converging over the corner of the plate portion that is diagonally opposite the first named corner in a boss inset from the edges of the ironing board, said base being open between the connecting and foot portions, 21 standard carried by the boss for carrying the auxiliary pressing board, and a clamping screw engaging threads in said last mentioned corner of the plate portion and adapted to engage the under side of the ironing board to draw the foot portions into the resilient covering for securing the base.

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